Who You Admire

[Kev]

Matthew Hatton..

He looks ridiculous, like Sloth from the Goonies. His lack of talent is surpassed only by his lack of charisma. He's a mediocre example of mediocrity.

Yet when he was hired by HBO to be the highlight reel KO to bring Canelo Alvarez to the big stage he apparently forgot to read the script and actually fought to win. He lost near every round but in the face of hopelessness he kept his belief and determination, and after the fight just merely shrugged and said he would move back down to his natural weight class and fight for a world title there.

Self delusion of course, but I admired his optimism and never say quit mentally.

[CutMeMick]

Marquez has got to be my favourite personality in boxing at the moment. A real family man who has a 'win or come back on my shield' attitude I just love. I think the epitome of Marquez was what he did in that fight against Pacquiao. Getting KDd three times in the opening round he comes back and puts on an awe-inspiring performance. His timing is something I greatly admire, it's to me one of the most important aspects of a fighter's repertoire, and generally the better you are at timing, the better a fighter you will be (though obviously it should be allied to various other things, and the more of those you have the better off you'll be as well). The combinations he puts together are also stunning and technically brilliant, making him very exciting to watch.

brilliant...
I can really tell you are a genuine fan of JMM.
I admire him just as much and everything you typed I've said it many times.
His precise punching and combinations are great.
By the way I call that the "Nacho Way" meaning Nacho Beristain the trainer.
That same stance and fighting style can be seen in Ricardo Lopez and Rafa.
You can see it in every fight but the fight where I'm just in awww is the Terdsak fight.
In the smallest of gaps JMM would slip punches thru.

[Violent Demise]

Joel Casamayor. Went about things his way and wasn't sorry about it. "Boxing is dirty," said Casamayor. " The day I’m not ready to be a dirty fighter is the day I don’t fight anymore because it will mean that I have
no heart for it anymore."